CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-45261

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-12-22 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-12-22
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-763

Description

An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2.7 via the another_hunk function, which causes a Denial of Service.

Affected configurations

• gnu patch 2.7

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-763 Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference weakness

References